Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're rereading this piece about what Indigenous people can teach us about fighting climate change. ICYMI, President Biden will travel to Colorado this week to designate his first national monument. Maxine broke the news of the expected designation last month. But first:... Continue Reading →
To tackle climate, experts say, environmentalists have to embrace big energy projects. Fast. . For decades, environmentalists have made their mark by stopping things. Petroleum facilities that spew toxic air pollution. Pipelines that cut across Indigenous lands. Drilling for oil and gas. But climate change is about to change everything. To cut U.S. greenhouse gas... Continue Reading →
To fight climate change, environmentalists may have to give up a core belief
White House science office to hold first event on countering climate change denial and delay
Leading climate scientists will meet with officials in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will hold a first-of-its-kind roundtable with some of the nation’s leading scientists on Thursday to discuss the urgent need to combat the climate crisis and to counter arguments for... Continue Reading →
Most believe global warming is a problem, but the partisan divide is growing Even as windstorms became more powerful, wildfires grew more deadly and rising seas made damaging floods more frequent, Americans’ views about the threat of global warming over the past few years remain largely unchanged, a Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. A clear... Continue Reading →
The strong winds of climate change have failed to move the opinions of many Americans
Across the U.S., abandoned wells are belching the powerful greenhouse gas. This nonprofit aims to plug them to fight global warming. TOOLE COUNTY, Mont. — The stench bellows from the 1,500-foot hole in the ground, the remains of a well long ago abandoned by a bankrupt oil company. Despite the well’s rotten-egg smell, the real... Continue Reading →
Capping methane-spewing oil wells, one hole at a time
I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet. Here is an incomplete list of things I left unfinished last week because America’s boiling racism and militarization are deadly for black people: a policy memo to members of Congress on accelerating offshore wind energy development in U.S. waters; the introduction to... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 